Updated School Makeup!

To be honest I don't know where the summer went because it literally flew by (this may be because I was on a One Tree Hill episode marathon where I watched every single episode of all twelve seasons only to sleep and eat!). I have decided to come back to blogging now that I am back at school and back in a routine. Since my last school make-up routine here I have started using some different products so I have decided to tell you what what I slap on my half asleep face every morning.

1. Bourjois healthy mix Foundation in the shade 51 light vanilla
2. Wet n Wild cover all concealer palette
3. Seventeen Stay time concealer in the shade extra fair
4. Collection sheer loose powder in the shade 1 barely there
5. Max Factor false lash effect fusion mascara in the shade black
6. Maybelline baby lips in either pink punch or cherry me

I am not allowed to wear too much make up to school therefore i keep it quite plain and simple.

Insert awkward Selfie in the morning!

Grainne!

xoxo

What I Wore: September Night Out!

Two Friday nights ago I went to a teenage disco with my friends and I have decided to show you what I wore. What I like about this outfit is that you could wear it during the day time if you put on a cardigan and a pair of black tights, it is very versatile.

My top is from Primark / Penney's

My skirt is from H&M

For the photos I wore a pair of black high heels from the brand Carrou however after I changed into a pair of black high top converse for comfort.

This is a picture of the top as a whole just so you can see the design of it up close.

I just thought I would add in this picture of my friend Natalia and I as I really like it.

Grainne

xoxo

Midweek Madness!

I was just on my net book and I decided that I would write a little post. So how have you all been (if anyone is there)? I have been reading a new book which I got on Amazon called Eleanor and Park and I really like it it is a love story from many years ago about two teenagers. I am not the best at the description but it is definitely worth buying. I am going out on Friday night to a teenage disco so I might do a what I wore post and hopefully on Sunday I should have my everyday school make-up post up!

xoxo

Westport House fun!

During my last week of the summer, my family and I went to the west of Ireland on holidays. when I was younger my Aunt used to own a mobile home beside the beach so many of our holidays were spent in Westport. One of my favourite places in Westport was Westport house, an old estate which was renovated into a family friendly adventure park with the houses grounds around you. Due to the age that I am now I wouldn't be able to go to the adventure park however if you brought any little one with you it would be a great days fun as I remember it being. A few things had changed since the last time I was there but still it brought back all of the exciting childhood memories!

Throw Back to my sister Aoife (right) and I (left) on the duck boats that you pedal.

Flash forward roughly ten years time to my photos of the grounds and some of the rides.

Insert awkward selfies of my not so great face in front of the house.

Westport house website; Here

This is only a glimpse at what is to offer and I recommend it as a day out for young and old no matter what age!

A few Little Purchases...

Here is four items which I thought I should tell you about;

Tanya Burr Lip Gloss in Afternoon Tea;
Recently I have been loving wearing nude lips and when I came across the Tanya Burr Lips and Nails stand in my local Superdrug I automatically grabbed the nudest pinkest colour there was and without any deliberation it was purchased straight away. The lip gloss smells like sweets which I love and it has great pigmentation. it is not sticky so your hair doesn't get stuck in it on a windy day or you don't have it joining your lips together in a sticky mess. It is one of my new favourite lip glosses and hey it is by the wonderful Tanya Burr.

Seventeen Ultimate Guide to Beauty;
for the past two years I have loved reading the seventeen magazine as I can get it in my local Easons and when I found out that they had a book about beauty I wanted to own it. For a long time I have been loathing over this book thinking is it worth buying but with my new funds that I have I decided "fudge it I'll buy it". I love this book it has make-up, hair, nails and anything else you may need to know about beauty with handy tips and tricks. I have nearly read it front to back and I feel like it is possibly my beauty bible when I am in a sticky situation.

Soap & Glory, The Ultimelt and Face Soap and Clarity Face Wash;
At this moment in time my face has been going out of control with break outs and I am trying to reign it back in but it is a very hard job as new pesky little spots keep re-appearing. A few days back my sister let me use her face washes and I fell in love as there was a great difference in my skin. Unfortunately she is not going to let me use them every day, therefore I decided to buy them myself. The Ultimelt is a hot cloth cleanser which is great at taking off your make-up and taking any impurities out of your skin. The face soap is great at getting rid of spots and preventing them from coming back. I have not yet used my own as I am trying to use up some other of my products before I open new ones. However in the next week I should have used up my other face washes and then I can take a good go at these new washes and see how they effect my skin in a long term effect.

There was some of the new things I have bought, I hope you enjoyed this blog post!

Grainne

xoxo

New Job!

Its Summer, this means no school and excessive shopping. when you are a teenager and you love make-up and clothes money can be quite a problem. I will be 16 in August which means that right now I am able to work. So obviously I have decided to get a summer job (my mother wants me out of the house) for a few hours a week. Now that I know that I will have my own income without having to spread out any money that I may get at my Birthday and Christmas, I can splurge (reasonably) on some beauty and fashion items which I get very excited about.
"What is your actual job?" you may ask, basically I work in a local hairdressers where I wash hair, sweep the floor, take appointments and make a substantial amount of tea and coffee. It probably sounds quite boring to many people but the thing is when you are doing them few jobs you don't stop from 9 to 5 (cue Dolly Parton song) and there fore the time flies by. I am very appreciative of my job and I cant wait to go on some shopping sprees and share some reviews and hauls with you!

Grainne

xoxo

Vintage Rose Cupcakes

As I am now off for the Summer Holidays I have went on a baking overdrive as I am obsessed. The other day I had been to the dentist and I was in terrible pain therefore I decided to go on YouTube. I found this great tutorial on icing roses so later on in the day I decided I would have a go at creating them. To be honest I was very proud of myself as this was my first try and they tasted great!

Ingredients;

Makes 12

Cupcake

• 110g/4oz butter or margarine,
  110g/4oz caster sugar
  2 free-range eggs,
  1 tsp vanilla extract
  110g/4oz self-raising flour
  1-2 tbsp milk

Icing

175g unsalted butter
350g icing sugar, sifted
a couple of drops of vanilla extract (optional)

Method

• First you preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
• To make the cupcakes you can use the all in one method where you basically just add all of the ingredients at once and just mix it with a mixer or with a spoon however sometimes I like to add the ingredients one at a time to make sure the mixture is smooth with no lumps.
• When the mixture is smooth you then evenly distribute the mixture into the cupcake cases on the tray.
• Bake the cupcakes in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
• when the cupcakes are springy to touch take them out of the oven and place them on a cooling rack.

Icing

• first cream the butter until it is smooth and then gradually add in the icing sugar mixing every time.
• if you are using the vanilla extract you would then add it in to the butter cream icing.
• fill your piping bag and you are ready.
• Instead of myself typing out the method of the roses I am going to link you to the YouTube video as it is easier to show than write and probably if I wrote out how to do it your cupcakes would turn out to be a catastrophe. Here is the link to the YouTube video.

If you decide to make these cupcakes tag me in your pictures on instagram and twitter so I can have a look at them!

Grainne

xox

Moses Sandals

Around a month ago I went shopping to Primark and I bought theses sandals. Personally when I was buying them I thought how practical they were for example the are a light brown therefore you can basically match them with anything and also they have a mainly closed toe which means you can get away with a bit of chipped nail polish. I also just thought they were pretty cute. This was not the story when I got home... my brother and sisters thought that my sandals looked like something that Moses would wear in the desert. Obviously they were only joking about this but I took it slightly to heart and they were then slipped into my wardrobe for another day. When the sun broke out and it was 28 Degrees Celsius outside I decided fudge it I am going to wear them and ever since them I have barely took them off. I decided that there isn't much point in caring about what other people think therefore I wore my Moses sandals with pride and I have gotten multiple compliments on them since.

The Sandals were around the 3-5 pound mark in Primark.

Grainne

New Name... again?

This is the third time I have changed the name of my blog and to be honest I pity the you who actually take the time to type in my blog name as probably I have lost a few followers along my way as the URL has changed multiple times. To be honest I changed my blog name from www.dancingwhileitisraining.blogspot.com as you can already see that it is far too long and basically is a eye sore. I tried many shortened down names still related to the topic but it ended up they were all taken by blogs that were last wrote on in 2000 (seriously do you not think blogger should have shut them down already), therefore I decided to create a name which was relevant to me as this is my blog.
After around and hour of thinking I came up with the name Bluebell Island this is because when ever my sisters and I were only at the highest hip height we would go exploring in our uncles fields. One day during the summer we came across a little hollow or valley which was flooded with Blue Bells. Ever since then we have called it Bluebell Island. Bluebell Island is a place where imagination flowed and dreams came true. Even though I haven't been there for a right few years now it holds a lot of memories from my childhood,  it is very special to me and so is my blog therefore why not incorporate the two?

P.S. Tomorrow i am getting my hair highlighted and cut for the summer as it is looking ferocious and if I am happy with it I may put up some posts of it.

Beautiful Roses in my Garden!

Grainne 

Sorry

For those whom read my blog I would like to give a big apology as I have been slacking an awful lot recently. Right now I am doing part of my GCSE's which are very important exams and therefore I have been putting my blog lower on my list of priorities. As soon as my exams are over I promise I will be uploading more regularly, but for now I have recently started back on Tumblr so you can see what I am up to over there along with the usual's Twitter and Instagram.
Thank You for taking the time to read this!

Wet n' Wild has landed!

Finally from over the seas Wet n' Wild has landed here in Ireland and soon coming to the Uk. I have noticed the counter in Penneys (Irish Primark) and in local pharmacies. I don't think the counters will be in shops like Boots or Superdrug as I think it will only be in little pharmacies like the European brands Essence and Catrice Cosmetics, but you never know. When I saw the stand I knew I had to buy something so I bought the eyeshadow trio in "Walking on Eggshells" and the cover all concealer Palette. Both of these purchases were great and I was very happy with them. I definitely want to try some of their lipsticks as I have heard great reviews on them but that will have to be at a later stage.

See You Soon,

<3

Town with the Girls!

This time last week I was shopping in my local town with my friends, I knew I would be doing a blog post about this so I decided to take pictures. My friend cara vlogged the day however she has not yet uploaded it to youtube yet but here is her youtube: link.

We got the bus into town so of course we had to take a selfie! In this picture I am on the left, my friend Maeve blog is in the centre and my other friend Cara (mentioned above) is on the right. This is the only picture of actual people that I took and unfortunately one other of my friends Julie Ann blog lives in town and so I didn't get a picture with her.

After doing some shopping and dragging cara around boots like she was a little child whom was tired (however she was on her best behaviour... that does include her standing there with her hands up to her face like she was imitating sleeping and having a look in her eye like she is lost) we finally met up with the other girls and went for lunch at Cafe Mauds (I tried to put the accent in above the "e" but it just wasn't working). Here I tried to do the lifestyle blogger type of photo but I failed at it to be honest.

Along with my red slushie I ordered a pizza as many of my friends know I get hungry very easily and when my tummy gets hungry, it gets hungry! I ordered the make your own pizza with toppings of chicken and bacon. I must say it was truly scrumptious! (que Chitty Chitty Bang Bang sing along) After this we just went to the local play park for a little while as soon after we had to catch our bus home.

Purchases;

In sports direct I bought what is called the Nike downshifter 5- basically the lightest and brightest running shoe they had to motivate me to run.

Boots was having a 3 for 2 offer on all makeup and I had a gain 300 extra points on seventeen voucher from my card to use so I done a little shopping. The first thing I bought was the Barry M Gelly hi-shine lip pencil in the third colour as you know me I am attracted to bright colours.

I also bought the Seventeen phwoarr paint in the shade fair for my undereye bags. The packaging of this reminds me an awful lot of the Bobbi Brown corrector.

Finally I bought the Seventeen mirror shine lipstick in Beehive as after Lilly and Anna talking about it for soo long I just had to buy it.

Sorry that the second picture is a bit dodgy I will try to take a better one next time!

My other friend natalia was not able to come with us but I thought I should link her as well as it wouldn't be fair if I left her out as she has a really good blog as well here.

See You Soon,

<3

Cute Quote

Whilst scrolling through twitter I saw this quote and though I just had to share it with you all. Who knew that only Peter Pan (or the Author of the story) could have such a beautiful quote about never saying goodbye!

See You Soon

<3

TMI Tag!

Hi there,
Today I was tagged by my Friend Natalia- Blog to do this tag and here it is....

THE QUESTIONS
1: What are you wearing? 
Today I am wearing a shirt from Newlook (not available online), a jumper from Primark (not available Online) and light blue skinny jeans from tescos (I can not find them online but they are still in store).

2: Ever been in love? 
Nope

3: Ever had a terrible breakup? 
Nope

4: How tall are you? 
I would like to say around the five foot five mark.

5: How much do you weigh?
Erm I don't know :/ 

6: Any tattoos? 
Nope

7: Any piercings? 
Just the usual ear piercing

8: OTP?
Naley (One Tree Hill), Zalfie (Youtube) and Janya (Youtube)

9: Favourite show? 
Pretty Little Liars


10: Favourite bands?
One Direction, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Haim, The Vamps 


11: Something you miss?
Primary school

12: Favourite song?
Dark Horse (Katy Perry) or You Are The One That I Want (Grease)


13: How old are you? 
15 Years Old


14: Zodiac sign? 
Leo


15: Quality you look for in a partner? 
Niall Horan


16: Favourite Quote?

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it is about learning to dance in the rain

17: Favourite actor? 
Jennifer Lawrence


18: Favourite color? 
Pink


19: Loud music or soft? 
Loud


20: Where do you go when you're sad? 
Bed


21: How long does it take you to shower? 
Usually 15 minutes


22: How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? 
15 minutes to half an hour


23: Ever been in a physical fight? 
Nope


24: Turn on?
Can make you laugh


25: Turn off? 
Rude


26: The reason I joined Blogging? 
I was bored and I wanted to start doing something about fashion and beauty


27: Fears? 
Snakes and dying


28: Last thing that made you cry? 
Probably when one of my eyeshadow palettes broke


29: Last time you said you loved someone? 
Probably to one of my family


30: Meaning behind your Blog Name? 
It is based on my favourite quote (see above)


31: Last book you read? 
Beneath the Glitter by Elle and Blair Fowler


32: The book you're currently reading?
Pretty Little Liars- 4 Flawless


33: Last show you watched? 
How I Met Your Mother


34: Last person you talked to? 
Mammy


35: The relationship between you and the person you last texted? 
Mammy (mother)


36: Favourite food? 
Bolognese


37: Place you want to visit?
London, Paris (again) and New York


38: Last place you were? 
Last foreign holiday I was on was skiing in Italy with my school


39: Do you have a crush?
Nope


40: Last time you kissed someone?
It's been a while... 


41: Last time you were insulted? 
Probably yesterday


42: Favourite flavour of sweet? 
Strawberry

43: What instruments do you play?
I used to play the tin whistle and Violin otherwise none


44: Favourite piece of jewellery?
My statement necklaces


45: Last sport you played? 
Gealic Football


46: Last song you sang? 
Do you want to build a snowman? (Frozen)


47: Favourite chat up line?
I dont have one


48: Have you ever used it?
Nope


49: Last time you hung out with anyone? 
My friend Cara yesterday


50: Who should answer these questions next?
Julie- Ann- Blog, Maeve- Blog and anyone else leave a link to your blog below if you do!

See You Soon,

Grainne,

 <3

Life Update!!

Hi There,
I guess my new years promise has went down the potty since I haven't posted since February.......... I am truly sorry as I have been caught up with school work since I am doing part of my GCSE's this year which means work work work! I really feel like I have abandoned this little blog BUT I am going to try and find a little time at the weekend to fit in a blog post because I love writing on my blog as I feel I can zone out from everyday life and just have me and the laptop typing away. so today i am writing some posts which i will schedule to be uploaded and therefore you will have something to read over the next week. Then I am off for two weeks for easter and even though I will be revising for my Exams I will try to write a few posts that will hopefully take me up to after my exams. I hope you forgive me but watch this space over the next few weeks and hopefully there will be more posts up.

See You Soon,

Grainne

<3

Youtube?!?

Hi Everyone,
I am back and I have some slightly exciting news. As you may of already guessed by the title of this post, I am attempting to start up a youtube channel. I will have to see how it works out but so far i have uploaded 1 video in which i haul all that I bought on my shopping trip last weekend.
The sound and picture quality isn't the best in the video but i am trying to sort that out, I am also trying to sort out some music for the background to make it not so "dull". I explain everything in the video but i would just like to say that I am not definitely sure I will continue youtube but if it gets a good response I hopefully will. I hope you like the Video!

Youtube Video: http://youtu.be/l_l51IzD_e0

See You Soon

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Makeup Storage and Organisation

If you know me than you know that I am a total organisation freak and if something is out of place I am not happy! Recently I have not been very happy with the layout of my makeup so I started a little hunt to find the perfect organiser. First I went on to Muji as I totally adore the acrylic storage that they have but once I seen the price tag it was a totally different ball game, if you did not know I am a student, I have not got a job and christmas and birthday money has to last me a whole year so unfortunately I wouldn't be able to afford Muji storage. I then went and searched on Google "Cheap UK Makeup Storage" and barely anything relevant came up (one of the main reasons why I am doing this post), I did find one blog that mentioned storage at WHSmith (sorry I can't remember the name of it) so I went on to the website and set my eyes on a six drawer storage system Here and I knew that was the exact one that I was looking for.

Before I show any pictures of my storage I will do the same as anyone else who does these types of post I am not trying to brag, honestly I don't even feel that I have that much makeup especially since the fact that most of it is drugstore and all the makeup I have I am grateful for. Obviously there is not much point in me showing my storage with nothing in it so that is why I kept all of my makeup in the unit. Now on to the actual storage. 

Here is an overview of my storage. It fits perfectly on top of my little cabinet.

On top of my storage I keep my palettes, brushes, tools and my mirror I like the way there is still some place on top to place some of my products when I am getting ready in the mornings.

In the top row of the unit there is three shallow drawers which in the left one I keep my blushes and highlighters, the middle I keep my powders and bronzers and in the right lip balms and tinted lip balms and in the back some eye cream spot gel and blotting paper.

In the second row there is two much deeper drawers and in the left one I keep all of my face products; primers, foundations, BB creams and concealers. Int the right drawer I keep my lip liners, Lipsticks and Lipglosses.

In the very last drawer is my eye drawer in here I keep; smaller quads of eyeshadows, eye and brow pencils, mascaras and eye shadow bases and pencils.

I am very happy with my storage and I hope this may of helped you if you are in the same boat as me or if you would just like some very pretty storage.

See You Soon

<3

NYX Haul!

Yesterday I started jumping for joy when the Postman arrived and had a box for me which had NYX splattered across it, I just couldn't contain myself as normally when I order things off the internet they take longer than what they actually say (I do have a bit of a grudge on my Postman as I always thinks he leaves them for ages but probably I loose my patience and I come up with a lot of scenarios in my head!) and therefore I never think about anything coming until the 7 days are up.

So actually getting on to the point of this post, last sunday I ordered 4 things off the NYX website (lets call it a New Years present to myself) as I have heard lots of great reviews and after hoarding over youtube videos I finally decided on what to buy.

First I bought a Blush in the shade Desert Rose, which is quite a deep pink towards a orange red colour which I absolutely love. The texture of the blush is very smooth and very blendable, there also is a high pigmentation from the blush which is great.

The next thing that I bought was a Jumbo Eye Pencil in the shade Bronze which is a gorgeous colour that I never could of imagined could be in an eyeshadow stick but what do ya know there it is. The texture of the stick is soft and creamy which is great so it won't tug on your eyes. So far I have tried this out in the outer corner of my eye and all over the lid blended out and I absolutely love it both ways.

The next eye product that I bought was a Cream Shadow in the shade Copper, recently I have been loving the look of coppery toned colours on my lids. (I am not even sure if you are meant to wear copper on blue eyes but in the cheesiest way possible YOLO) I love this colour all over my lids blended out with a deep matte brown in the crease, a black or brown eyeliner and plenty of mascara. On the packaging it says water resistant but as you know with many things that is not exactly true, but one thing that is for sure is that once you have this baby on your lids you have to work fast as once it's on, IT'S ON!

Finally the last thing I bought I have heard missglamorazzi (on YouTube) rave on for ages about, I made sure I bought it as I was so intrigued as what it is like. So it is a Mega Shine Lip Gloss in the shade Beige. Don't get me started on the packaging of this, it is not very clear in the photos but there is the cutest bow on the top of the applicator I will have to Instagram it or Twitter Picture it. The Lip Gloss itself is very easy to apply and is hardly sticky at all so there is none of your woops I have a strand of hair stuck to my lips situation. I find that in my own personal smell testing (We all know I am great at describing smells... Not!) I think it smells like a mixture of juicy fruit chewing gum and love heart sweets both which i love so Win Win. The Lip Gloss is a nude pink I would say which can be sheer but you can definitely build up the colour which I love. Before this I hardly wore lip Gloss and I know 2014 will begin my obsession of Lip Gloss along with a whole pile of other cosmetics.

So that is it for my NYX Haul I absolutely love everything I bought especially when I only had to guess by reviews on the internet and I am very pleased and I will definately be purchasing more from the NYX website and maybe later in 2014 we may be able to purchase NYX products in our drugstores of UK & Ireland.

See You Soon,

<3